The Giver Ch 12-15

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Chapter 12


  1. How does Jonas’s answer to his mother’s question about his sleep and dreams revel a change in him?
  2. What do you imagine the change is that Jonas sees in Fiona’s hair and in the faces of the audience and the apple?
  3. Why do you think people in the book do not see colors? How has the absence of color helped this society? How has it harmed it?
  4. What do you think might be very different in the world if people had only one-generation memories?
  5. At this point in the book, what are your feelings about Sameness in the community?

Chapter 13


  1. In Chapter 12, The Giver revealed that he agreed with Jonas about Sameness. Which of his statements in this chapter show his dislike of Sameness? Which statements seem to state the opposite view? Explain your answers.
  2. How did you react to the section about elephants in this chapter? What do you think happened to all the elephants in the world/
  3. What do you think The Giver means when he says, “without the memories, it’s all meaningless”? Do you agree with him? Explain.
  4. When children grow up into adults, what happens to their parents in Jonas’s world? Why? How do you feel about this arrangement? Explain.
  5. What do you think the answers to Janas’s questions about Elsewhere?

Chapter 14


  1. How does The Giver help Jonas come to terms with the meaning of pain? How does Jonas change as he experiences more pain?.
  2. Do you think it’s better to share sorrows or for each person to try and bear his/her own pain? Explain your answer.
  3. Why do you think one of the set of identical twins is always released?
  4. How did Jonas give Gabriel a memory?
  5. Why do you think Jonas was able to transmit a memory to Gabriel when he couldn’t with Asher, Lily, or his father?

Chapter 15


  1. How is Jonas now a Giver?
  2. How does Jonas help The Giver in this chapter?
  3. How does this chapter affect your view of whether it is better to share memories or bear them alone?
  4. Do you think The Giver needs to ask Jonas’s forgiveness? If you were Jonas, what would you have said in response to The Giver’s request for forgiveness? Why?
  5. How do you think Jonas will feel about The Giver and his Assignment now?